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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/03/1989M I N U T E S MAPLEWOOD HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION October 3, 1989 7:00 p.m. Maplewood City Hall PRESENT Dawn Vassar Carol Engel Paul Sand Sr. Claire Lynch Pat Williamson Scott Rostron Gail Blackstone Mike McGuire 1. CALL TO ORDER Meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. 2. MINUTES Motion was made, seconded and voted in favor of accepting the Minutes of the September 5, 1989 meeting with the addition of Gail Blackstone and Mike McGuire as attendees. 3• GRIEVANCES Commission received a notice to discontinue followup on a grievaflce case involving an American Indian person. k. OLD BUSINESS A. Essay Contest - Letters were mailed to the schools in Maplewood regarding the.Essay Contest. Responses are due November 1, 1989• News release was sent to the Maplewood Review and the Dispatch and Tribune. Pat W will send a letter of invitation to President Regan of the Bank notif�ing him of the presentation date and time of the award - December 14, 3:15 p.m. Commissioner Cooper of the State Human Rights Department will be in attendance. Local businesses and representatives from the local schools will be invited to the presentation. Sr. Claire and Carol will arrange to pick up the essays for review at the November meeting. Minutes Page 2 October 3, 1989 B. Human Rights Award - Three nominees have been received for this award. October 31 is the due date. C. Discrimination Complaint - Pat is following up on a discrimination complaint involving the City of Maplewood. She sent a letter asking the complaintant to contact her; at this time Pat has not been contacted. Pat will make another attempt to contact this person. 5. NEW BUSINESS A. Multi-Culture Education - Paul Sand reported on a project he is involved with at this time. He is working with the Minneapolis School District on a multi-cultuxe project involving 5 city schools and 5 suburban schools in a 9 week project, bringing lOth graders together for interaction. Some of the suburban schools involved are: Roseville, Edina, Richfield, Robbinsdale, Coon Rapids. Paul will contact Don Hatfield of District 622 on its participation in this program. A motion was made, seconded and voted in favor of having Pau1 contact schools about participation in the multi-culture program. B. Personnel Policies - Commission gave input to Mike and Gail on the Personnel Policies for the City of Maplewood. 6. REPORTS Mike reported on the remodeling to the City Hall building. Commission discussed per diem for e�enses of commission members. Gail distributed a handout on the southeast Asian refugees in MN (demographic report). 7. ADJOURN Meeting adjourned at approximately 9:00 p.m.